South Africa Government reiterate their commitment to maintaining a friendly relations with Nigeria after recalling their Acting High Commissioner Martin Cobham and Deputy High Commissioner Uche Ajulu-Okeke, for consultations following the xenophobia attacks on their citizens living in South Africa, the department of international relations said on Sunday. "If this action is [...]
South African Politician says Nigerian Men are Snatching their Wives
South Africa politician, Makashule Gana, has said that some of his compatriots complained to him that they are angry with Nigerians and other immigrants because they snatched their girlfriends. Gana, a Deputy Federal Chairperson of Democratic Alliance, made this disclosure at an anti-xenophobia rally, held at Constitution Hill. South Africa newspaper, City Press, reports that [...]
Nigerian Envoy To South Africa Recalled Over Xenophobia
South Africa Acting High Commissioner, Martin Cobham and Deputy High Commissioner, Uche Ajulu-Okeke, had been asked to return to Nigeria for consultations, a statement by the Foreign Affairs Ministry said. “The invitation is in connection with the on-going xenophobia in South Africa targeting foreigners, mainly African migrants,” the statement said. Seven people have been [...]
Nigerians lost N84m to xenophobic attacks in South Africa
The Nigerian Union in South Africa said on Saturday that Nigerians lost more than 4.6 million Rand (N84 million) to xenophobic attacks. The President of Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, told NAN on phone from Pretoria, South Africa, that the losses were initially put at 1.2 million Rand ( N21 million). “The Nigerian Union in South Africa has completed [...]
Horror of what’s really happening in South Africa #Xenophobia
At least five people have been killed over the past two weeks since local vigilantes in South Africa started looting and attacking shops owned by immigrants mainly from other parts of Africa In Johannesburg, Malawian immigrant Samuel Idrssa described how his friend was stabbed and set on fire by a mob. ‘We wanted to rescue him but there were too many of them,’ he said. ‘It [...]